Health concerns of intensive care survivors and research participation willingness: A multicentre survey.

Objective: To describe the relative importance of health concerns reported by survivors of critical illness treated in the intensive care unit (ICU), their estimate of time to achieve recovery, and their reported randomised clinical trial participation willingness.

Design: A multicentre survey.

Setting: Six Australian ICUs.

Early and sustained Lactobacillus plantarum probiotic therapy in critical illness: the randomised, placebo-controlled, restoration of gut microflora in critical illness trial (ROCIT).

Purpose: In adults requiring treatment in an intensive care unit, probiotic therapy using Lactobacillus plantarum 299v may reduce nosocomial infection. The aim of this study was to determine whether early and sustained L. plantarum 299v therapy administered to adult ICU patients increased days alive and at home.